Improvement in clothes-driers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALMERON GRAVES, OF ROSGOE, ILLINOIS.

`IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,193, dated June 24,1873 application iiled September 28, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALMERoN GRAVES, of Roscoe, of Winnebago county, inthe State ot' Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes-Driers; and I do hereby declare the followingdescription and accompanying drawings are sufficient to enable anyperson skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertainsto make and use my said invention or improvements without furtherinvention or experiment.

My invention relates to improvement in the class of rotating driers; andconsists in the provision of pivoted loops in connection with thepivoted and braced foot-bars, and in the manner o-f arranging theclothes-supportin g arms, and the cord for adjusting the same, ashereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 aplan view, of the apparatus, in which- Letter H represents the centrallvertical standard upon which the device for drying clothes revolves. Gare feet (four being ordina-rily employed) pivoted to the slidingsocketcollar D and braces F. The braces F are also at their upper endspivoted to a similar socketcollar, D, which collars lnove loosely uponthe vertical standard H. The lower or outer ends of the feet G are madefast to the ground by suitable pins driven through loops I. When thedrier is set up for use the braces F stand at about the angle shown inthe drawing. The vertical standard H is of equal size the whole lengththereof, and is provided with a suitable pin near the base to preventbeing drawn out of the foot socket-collar D. The number of braces F areequal to the number of feet employed. E represents a series ofsemi-vertical brace-arms which at their base are pivoted to asocket-collar, D", similar to those above described, and forming a basefor the dryingapparatus. These brace-arms E are also at their upper endspivoted to an equal number of radial arms B, which also are at theirinner ends pivoted to another similar socket-collar, D. The whole seriesof arms E and B are provided with a net-work of clothes-lines, c, asshown. Six radial arms and an equal number of braces are usually used. Kis a cap having pulleys loosely pivoted to the top of the standard H.Cords L, uniting in a loop at L', pass over these pulleys, having theirouter ends at'- tached to one of the radial arms B at opposite sides ofthe drier, as shown, and are used to fold up the drier like an umbrella,which is effected by a downward pull of the loop-cords L In a working orfull-size drier the weight of the arms B will bring them to about anhorizontal position. A suitable pin through the center-post prevents thecollar D from rising high enough to admit a too great depression of thearms B. Each part of the apparatus may be folded close to the standardso as to occupy but little space in transit, or when not wanted for use.

Having described the construction and arrangement of my improvedclothes-drier, I claim as my inventionl. The metal loops I, pivoted tothe ends of the bars G and F, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of cords L passing over pulleys Kat the top of thestandard, the arms B pivoted to the sliding collar D', the bracebars Epivoted to the xed collar D', and arms B, all as shown and described,whereby, when the cord L is pulled, the arms will fold upward and inwardand the brace-bars fold alongside thereof, against the standard H.

Witnesses: ALMERON GRAVES.

J. E. GooDALL, O. T. WYMAN.

